Man charged with murder of Croydon mother Janelle-Duncan Bailey

A man has been charged with the murder of Croydon mother Janelle Duncan-Bailey (Picture: Metropolitan Police)

A man has been charged with the murder of Croydon mother-of-two Janelle Duncan-Bailey after her body was found in a parked vehicle yesterday, Scotland Yard said today.

Jerome McDonald, 30, of Fairlands Avenue in Croydon, south London, is accused of killing the 25-year-old, who went missing in south London in the early hours of Wednesday.

He will appear at Camberwell Green Magistrates’ Court tomorrow.

Officers found the body of Ms Duncan-Bailey, of Pawsons Road, Thornton Heath, London, in a car yesterday afternoon in Mayfield Crescent, Thornton Heath.

She had left her sons, aged two and seven, with a friend in Bromley while she attended a family function, police said.

After leaving a friend’s house at about 4am she visited her former partner’s home in Thornton Heath at 4.30am. Police were called after reports of a domestic incident and Ms Duncan-Bailey left the address with officers.

It is thought she then asked to be taken to another friend’s house in Limpsfield Avenue, Thornton Heath. She was last seen between 5am and 5.30am walking towards flats in Limpsfield Avenue.

Ms Duncan-Bailey – described as black, about 5ft 5in, of medium build and with shoulder-length black hair, which may have been enhanced with hair extensions – was reported missing later the same day after she did not collect her children.

Anyone with information can contact Specialist Crime Directorate at Sutton police station on 0208 721 4054, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.